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Postcards to Father Abraham by Catherine Lewis

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#readingchallenge2017 (my book with a family member title or concept)

For me, the synopsis presented a strong idea for a novel that never developed throughout the pages that followed. Ready to read about personal struggles and the journey of coping through creative means, I felt it lacked any depth.

The short clip paragraphs of ideas felt sloppily meshed together, in random order, as if bits and pieces were written over the years and thrown together when the book was due. And at the same time, maybe that’s why some are so short, because the author didn’t know how to develop a large story.

The overall timeline with the leg, the Banker, and the brother played out fine, but all the in-between convoluted something that could have been.
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